A Long Time Ago                                                   lyrics courtesy of www.sailorsongs.com

A long, long time and a long time ago

To me way, hey, O- hio

A long, long time and a long time ago 

A long time ago

A smart Yankee packet lay out in the bay  

To me way, hey, O- hio

A waitin for a fair wind to get under way  

A long time ago

 With all her poor sailors all sick and all sad  

To me way, hey, O- hio

Oh they'd drunk all their whiskey no more could be had  

A long time ago

 She was waiting for a fair wind to get underway  

To me way, hey, O- hio

If she hasn't a fair wind she's laying there still  

A long time ago